The Red Mansions

Chapter 415 Jia Heng: If you die, you die...

In the study
Jia Zheng stood there dumbfounded, weeping, especially when he heard Mrs. Wang yelling "Pearl" next to his ear, his expression became more and more dazed, and he felt like a knife was piercing his heart.

Jia Zhu is Jia Zheng's beloved son, who originally placed endless expectations, but died young, leaving only a widow, which can be said to be an eternal pain in Jia Zheng's heart.

With a "bang", Jia Zheng dropped the stick and sat slumped on the chair, hunched over, his face slumped and gray, his beard trembling a little, as if he was the one who made a mistake.

An atmosphere of helplessness and desolation made those who saw it cry.

At this moment, an old voice came from outside: "Beat, let him beat, even I will be killed, and he will be clean!"

Mother Jia came into the study tremblingly. She first saw Baoyu on the stool, and rushed to it.

Seeing a big bloodstain on the lapel of her buttocks, Jiamu swayed, Yuanyang and Li Wan hurriedly supported her, calling: "Old lady."

Just listening to Mrs. Wang calling "Pearl" non-stop, Li Wan's face was mournful and his heart was heavy.

It turned out that Jia's mother had just taken a nap in the house. She was talking to Li Wan who came to pay her respects. When she heard about Jia Zheng beating Baoyu in the front yard, she rushed to the study.

Jia Zheng saw Jia Mu's body shaking, and he didn't care about being sad, so he got up quickly, went up to him, and called out with concern: "Mother, mother."

Mother Jia sneered, but didn't answer.

At this time, Mrs. Wang lifted Baoyu's skirt and hem, and saw Baoyu's buttocks with a big bloodstain, which was shocking.

Rao, after a lot of things, Jia Mu also shed tears and cried, "My Baoyu, Baoyu, please call the imperial physician! The imperial physician!"

And Mrs. Wang also lay on Baoyu's back, her shoulders trembled, and she cried loudly, "My poor son..."

At this moment, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Sister Feng, Yuanchun, Tanchun and others led a group of maidservants from the backyard and rushed into the study.

Seeing this scene, Sister Feng was startled, she quickly stepped forward, and said in a low voice, "Why did you beat me so hard?"

At this moment, Baoyu's buttocks and clothes were all wet with blood, which made her look a little creepy.

Compared with the beating in the original book, Baoyu's beating is definitely called a beating this time, because it lasted longer. If the servant did not hesitate to offend Jia Zheng and stop him, he would have been beaten to death.

Baoyu's face was as white as paper, and her breath was weak.

Seeing this tragic scene, Jia's mother felt a great pain in her heart. She turned her head to look at Jia Zheng, gritted her teeth and said, "Ask him!"

Seeing Jia Mu's expression, Jia Zheng swayed and almost fell. At this moment, an arm supported his arm, and when he looked back, he saw a young man with a calm face and clear eyes.

Yuan Chun also came to take care of Baoyu, and ordered the servant girl to bring towels for towels and hot water for hot water.

While talking, Daiyu, accompanied by Zijuan, entered the study room, looked at the tragic situation, frowned, pinched her handkerchief, and said in a low voice, "Why did you fight like this?"

Because all the maids and women surrounded Baoyu, they never approached him for a while.

Jia's mother suddenly raised her eyes to see Jia Heng who was beside Jia Zheng, and said, "Brother Heng, judge the reason. There is such a father who beats his son. You persuaded him not to do it last time, and he just beat him to death like this." Baoyu."

Jia Heng frowned and said: "Old lady, please ask the doctor first."

Jia's mother paused, and quickly looked at Lin Zhixiao's family: "The imperial physician, why hasn't the imperial physician come?"

"Three groups of people have been sent to call." Lin Zhixiao's family said.

Jia Mu said urgently, "Call me again."

Jia Heng stared at Jia Zheng who was sighing aside, and asked, "Second Master."

Jia Zheng's face turned bitter, and he lowered his head and said dejectedly: "Zi Yu, this kind of evil animal has done such a shameful thing, I really have no face to face my ancestors."

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said: "Second Master, Baoyu is getting older, and the young Mu Ai is not worth anything at all."

As soon as these words came out, Mother Jia frowned, and looked at the young man with bleary old eyes.

Mrs. Wang, who was weeping unceasingly, raised her eyes swollen into peaches from crying, and looked at the young man, her heart full of doubts.

This Uncle Heng actually spoke to her Baoyu?

So... her Baoyu's reputation won't be ruined?

Well, even if she doesn't want to admit it anymore, Mrs. Wang was also frightened by the consequences of "kneeling in the ancestral hall".

But actually...

Baochai was at the side comforting Yuanchun, watching the scene with cold eyes, but quietly focused on the young man.

Hearing this, he lifted up a pair of sparkling, dewy eyes, and stared at her.

Is this a cover for Baoyu?

If it is Jia Heng's identity, not to mention that Baoyu is just molesting, he is really forcing his mother and maidservant, which can really be whitewashed by Baoyu.

So, what is going on, let him...

He couldn't help but think of just now, the jade hand that was tightly grasping the sleeve, and glanced at the girl in the light yellow dress, that was her cousin.

Yuan Chun originally asked the servant girl to take care of Baoyu, when he heard this, he turned his head, surprise appeared on Xueyan's skin, he fixedly looked at the boy, and suddenly his nose felt sore.

She already knew that Brother Heng would not let her...

Jia Zheng's complexion changed, and he said in a low voice: "Ziyu...he did such a thing of molesting his mother and maidservant, can I still call him wrong?"

At this moment, Jia Zheng seemed to be abandoned by the world, feeling a little sad and wronged in his heart.

The son is incompetent, and he did something that insulted his ancestors. Could it be that he still beats and scolds him?

Mother Jia sneered, and said, "When you were older than him, which of the pretty little girls in my room, you and your elder brother, didn't stare at you."

Jia Zheng: "..."

A wave of shame came to my heart, and my old face became hot.

But this is not wrong. Aunt Zhao was the maid in Jia's mother's room at the beginning, and she said it was given to Jia Zheng, but there were some connections earlier.

In the original book, Jia's mother also has similar words about falling Jia Zheng.

It's just that at this moment, in front of all the junior wives, Jia Zheng only felt ashamed and ashamed.

It can be seen that Jia's mother was really annoyed when she saw Baoyu beating hard.

For example, although Yuanchun, Tanchun, and Li Wan had something strange in their hearts, they all pretended not to hear them, even Sister Feng was no exception, and they didn't answer the words.

Mrs. Wang, who was crying, couldn't help crying a little weaker.

"They're all greedy, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!" Jia Mu was still puzzled, and she didn't know what to think of, so she added angrily.

Xu is thinking of Daishan?
Jia Heng's face paused for a moment, and he helped Jia Zheng out of the siege, saying: "Master, as a father, educating his son, there is no mistake."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present paused for a moment, with surprised expressions on their faces.

Mother Jia frowned, glanced at Jia Heng, and sighed: "It's only natural for me to beat my son, but I can't do such a ruthless hand. This is not a father and son, it is clearly an enemy."

This time, the others remained silent and watched the changes.

Baochai looked at the young man with watery apricot eyes, and there was a look of thought on his plump face.

This is a dialogue between the two most powerful people in the Jia Mansion, and the others are not qualified to speak.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Baoyu is getting old, the young Mu Ai, and his demeanor, such bad habits should be taught well, or punished in a small way, or taught with reason, but Baoyu's fault does not stop there ?”

When Jia Mu heard this, her face paused, and she looked at the boy, her face changed, and she couldn't grasp the boy's mind for a while.

Jia Heng's voice was subconsciously cold, and he said: "Baoyu should never, never should have left Jin Chuan and fled alone, causing Jin Chuan to throw himself into the well in humiliation. I think of my two ancestors, Ning Rong, who is not an upright man , went abroad, encountered a dangerous place, did you ever abandon your trilogy, let alone women and children? I don’t think so, but I have given birth to such unworthy children and grandchildren without a backbone! , I want to beat Baoyu severely with dozens of army sticks, no matter if he lives or dies!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the study was silent.

Jia Mu's expression changed slightly, she opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to speak up to argue, not to mention her father-in-law, even her husband is not like this.

Baochai looked at the young man who screamed like gold and jade, her jade face was startled, there were faint ripples in her almond eyes, she clearly agreed with what the man said.

Tanchun looked at the boy, with surprise in Yingmei's eyes.

In fact, this is the case. Nowadays, it is common for the children of princes to steal fish and eat their mouths.

In addition, the moral requirements of Wu Xun's family are lower than those of civil servants.

Moreover, everyone present knew that Baoyu liked to eat the rouge from maids' mouths since she was a child, and when she was young, she caught Zhou'er, and she also caught women's rouge hairpin rings, and some "daughters are made of flesh and blood" and other "precious words and precious sayings". "The words were still in my ears, and even Zhou Rui's son-in-law Leng Zixing made a joke of them.

It can be said that the lethality of molesting a maidservant is actually... that's it.

People without morality will not be subject to moral pressure, and people who don't care about worldly vision will not be bound by public opinion.

And Baoyu is precisely this kind of temperament of "hiding in a small building to form a unified body, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter".

Kneeling in the ancestral hall?
Affect reputation?

Baoyu didn't want to be an official. No matter how stinky her reputation was, she didn't itch if she had too many lice and didn't worry about debts. Apart from disgusting Mrs. Wang, her use was limited.

As Jia Heng thought before, Baoyu's reputation is still dirty?
It's obvious to all!

Listening to the young man's words, Daiyu murmured in her heart, the words "big man" and "soft bone", the bright eyes of Qiushui under the smoky eyebrows flashed, and then looked at Baoyu who was surrounded by everyone, just lightly He sighed lightly.

Qingwen stood among the maidservants, raised her melon-seeded face, which was becoming more and more seductive, and the eyes under the willow leaf eyebrows were moist and foggy, with sarcasm, she knew that the young master would not seek love for Baoyu.

Jia Heng turned to look at Baoyu, and said in a deep voice, "Baoyu, why did you run away after you teased Jin Chuan?"

At this question, everyone looked at Baoyu.

At this moment, Baoyu heard the question, Ji Lingling shuddered, turned to look at the young man, and said in a weak voice: "Jin Chuan, is she... okay?"

Jia Heng said: "You are asking now."

"It was discovered in time and did not jump into the well, but it is hard to tell if it is too late."

There was a faint smile on Baoyu Manyue's face, two lines of tears flowed from her eye sockets, and she said in a low voice: "If it takes her life, it will be my fault instead."

Mrs. Wang heard this and cried: "My poor son, at this moment I still care about other people."

At this moment, a charming voice came from the outside, but it was Xiangyun who heard the news, entered the room, his face changed, and he called out: "Brother love, what's wrong, why did you get beaten up like this?"

Baoyu called "Sister Yun" softly, tears streaming down his eyes.

Jia Heng glanced at Xiangyun with deep eyes, and said: "Now that you say something like this, when something happens to you, you can't even protect a maid, if you don't want to protect, who can you expect to protect? Your parents and sisters are all here, who can you protect?"

As soon as this remark came out, Baoyu opened his mouth and shed tears again.

When everyone heard the words, their expressions were different.

Yuan Chun was wiping the cold sweat from Baoyu's forehead with a towel, paused in his hand, and sighed softly.

Jia Mu sighed, and couldn't bear to say: "Brother Heng, Baoyu is only a little older, he is still a child, and he hasn't gone through many things. Who can he protect?"

"A child who molested his mother and maidservant?" Jia Heng said coldly.

Mother Jia's expression froze, she opened her mouth, and was choked for a moment, unable to speak.

Mrs. Wang cried and said: "Master Heng, isn't it enough that Baoyu has been beaten like this? Is it true that you have to beat him to death to suit you Jia's men?"

The meaning is probably, my son is like this, you still come to tell your truth?

Moreover, Mrs. Wang's words were actually a bit of a joke. As a mother, she drew Jia Heng and Jia Zheng together, so that it would not be too targeted.

"If you die, you will die too. In the future, there will be such waste that even parents and sisters can't take care of. It's embarrassing and embarrassing to the ancestors!" Jia Heng said indifferently.

When Xiangyun was sold to the flower boat, crying heart-rendingly, and shouting "redeem me, love my brother", Baoyu...it would be better to be dead.

When Madam Wang heard this, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning, she shuddered, tears rolled in her eyes, her eyes looked at the boy in horror, her lips trembled unconsciously because of fear.

Yuan Chunyu's face trembled slightly, tears filled his eyelashes, and he looked at the boy in a daze.

Baochai, Daiyu, and Tanchun were equally shocked and speechless... This is too shocking.

For a moment, the study room fell into an eerie silence, there was no sound, and a needle could be heard.

Even Jia's mother turned pale and cold when she heard such "cold" words, and couldn't speak a word.

Without him, the person standing in front of everyone is not the simple Patriarch of the Jia clan.

It's a first-class baron, the vice-envoy of the Jingying Jiedu, the governor of Jinyi...

Saying such cruel words is tantamount to the fury of a thunderbolt.

Jia Zheng's face was gloomy, and he burst into tears again. He sighed and said, "I said, it's the right thing to strangle this evil person with a rope as soon as possible!"

Everyone: "..."

In the study room, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, terrified. For some reason, they always felt that this scene was a bit creepy and funny.

But Jia Heng persuaded: "Master, don't worry about it. Jade can't be used without cutting it. Baoyu can't be killed. After this lesson, I only hope that he can really be a man. Don't heal the scar and forget the pain! This This time... the master won't be able to fight if he doesn't fight."

This time he needs to take a clear-cut stand in Jiazheng, and he must fight clearly, and he must be punished without teaching.

Otherwise, the educational significance of Jia Zheng's beating would be useless.

Not long after, Baoyu is bound to revert to her old ways, and Mrs. Wang will not learn a lot of wisdom from a pitfall.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone seemed to have tasted it. Could it be that they were taking the opportunity to teach Baoyu?

But it's not like, just now, the words were so creepy...

In fact, no one knew that Jia Heng really thought so.

If you beat him hard this time, you will die if you die. The biggest impression of the book "Dream of Red Mansions" is that the damned did not die, and the undeserved died.

In fact, how can a person like Baoyu change?

For example, Mrs. Wang's complexion is still ugly, but because of the contrast with Cai Cai's words, the emotion in her heart is strangely not so...uncomfortable.

But immediately, I felt that this kind of thinking was really a bit shameful.

Her son was beaten like this...

This person applauded, stood up to cheer, and reprimanded him from the sidelines?

Yuan Chun stared at the young man quietly, the tears were still on his cheeks, his cheeks were a bit haggard, his white teeth were biting his red lips tightly, his lips were a little white, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart, there were mixed feelings.

Baochai's peach cheeks were dizzy, her bright eyes glowed, looking at the young man, eight words suddenly flashed in her mind, "Running the army and the family is self-contained!"
Jia Zheng sighed and looked at the boy with mixed feelings.

Jia Heng turned to look at Baoyu, and asked, "Even if you knelt down and begged your wife for the golden bracelet, and your wife got annoyed and beat you up and down, how could it happen?"

Sister Feng sighed: "Yes, Brother Bao, what a big deal, why are you running? If you didn't run, Jin Chuan wouldn't jump into the well, and wouldn't make such a fuss."

As he spoke, he pulled Mrs. Wang's arm and made a mouth shape of "ancestral hall".

Mrs. Wang came to her senses at this moment, and cried quickly: "Don't say it's you, Caixia and Brother Huan are playing around, I usually don't care too much, I just waited for you to grow up, and then went to serve your brothers... you If she is eager to learn, why would I drive Jin Chuan away in one go? She has served me for more than ten years, if she jumped into the well, I would feel very uneasy."

At this time, Aunt Xue also began to "go online to get work", and sighed: "Fortunately, no one was killed."

Jia Heng did not intend to let Mrs. Wang go, and said in a cold voice: "Ma'am, the master said something right earlier. Baoyu is today, but his wife is used to it. All the good men of my Jia family are taught to be bad by my wife." gone."

Mrs. Wang was "named and criticized", and her body trembled. It only took a moment to feel that these words were really familiar.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "If you don't get used to it again and again, how can you have such a bad habit that is hard to change today? When something happens, you don't discipline Baoyu, but take your anger on a girl. You Even if you kill gold bracelets, there are jade bracelets, silver bracelets, copper bracelets, and iron bracelets..."

This time, Jia Heng simply opened the skylight to speak frankly, and blamed Baoyu on Madam Wang's head completely. Of course, it was Madam Wang's fault in the first place.

Mrs. Wang opened her mouth and lowered her head, but she couldn't even speak.

As long as her son is not allowed to kneel in the ancestral hall, she is willing to endure this...

It's just that Yu Chuan, who was standing among the maids, had a slightly pale face, and looked at the young man with aggrieved eyes. She and the second master are innocent, so what is there?
When Jia Mu heard the words, or saw Mrs. Wang being reprimanded, she looked a little embarrassed. She sighed and persuaded: "Brother Heng, it's not easy for Baoyu's mother. Brother Zhu left early, and she is also on the fifth day." It's ten years old, and the family has only such a wicked child, so it's not easy to persuade, since you are rich and leisurely, you don't need to force it too much, just wait a few more years."

It means, save some dignity for her.

In fact, following the prince Tenglai's humble surrender the day before yesterday, Jia Heng is now reprimanding Mrs. Wang for Baoyu's matter, without any pressure.

Even, if it wasn't for Jia Zheng and Yuan Chun to save some face, they could say "mistaken my son, let the Wang family come to lead him", of course, this is a bit simple and rude, too many hands, and it is unnecessary.

However, such a disaster that affects the whole family can force Mrs. Wang to commit suicide!

In the clan society, there are many people who, in order to protect the clan, oppress clan members in various ways to sacrifice for the clan in the name of righteousness, just like "I am the overall situation".

Well, of course this is the face of the villain.

Jia Heng nodded and said: "What the old lady said is that if Baoyu is a rice worm in the vat, then there is nothing to say. From now on, the master and I don't have to worry about him anymore, just play with him. Forget it! Whether you study Zen and enlightenment, or seek flowers and ask willows, let him go! The master will always have Brother Lan to rely on for his grandchildren, and Brother Huan for his sons. The one branch is thriving, and I can count on the love of Ningrong and the two hundred-year-old Tang Dies, and live up to Xiaozong Cheng Dazong's intention to worship ancestors!"

During the period of the Republic of China, some wealthy second generations were useless, and some families deliberately let them be infected with opium, so as not to make them start a business.

In later generations, when the rich generation heard that their son bought a sports car to play with women, they were not annoyed but happy instead. They were afraid that their son would not be smart enough to start a business and lose their family property based on their strength.

And Jia Heng's words are not only brilliant, but also sincere.

He is the head of the Ning country. From the perspective of the ancestors, Ning Rong has helped each other and respected brothers and sisters for a hundred years, and it can even be a good story for future generations.

The Ning country that he is now leading is powerful, supports the lineage of the Rong country, and the love of Tang Di, the ancestor of Quan Rong Ning, just explains some of his motives in the matter of Baoyu.

I can't bear to see Rongguo decline!
As soon as this remark came out, Jia Mu's complexion changed, and she let out a long sigh, not knowing what to say.

Because Jia Heng has today's status and power, it really doesn't have much to do with the Jia Mansion, but how much does it help the Rong Mansion in turn?There are steelyards in people's hearts.

So, if it wasn't for the resignation, it would have been a different situation.

However, as soon as Jia Heng's resolute words came out, Mrs. Wang's face turned pale, and there was a huge panic in her heart.

There was no reason, but Mrs. Wang was submerged like a tide, almost making her unable to breathe.

In fact, as Jia Heng's status increased, Mrs. Wang did not adjust her mentality immediately, coupled with the past discord, she had a complex and contradictory psychology.

To put it bluntly, the subconscious mind in my heart wants to rub the light away, and even wants to stand up and rub the light away!
(End of this chapter)